Section Four
UNIVERSITY RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS

This page includes the following sections of "University Resources and Publications"

OFFICE OF ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION (OAE)

563 Salvatierra Walk
723-1066 (voice)
723-1067 (TTD)

The Office of Accessible Education at Stanford University is organized into four service centers:

Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC)

The SDRC coordinates academic and other accommodations for undergraduates and graduate students with disabilities, including mobility impairments, chronic illness, and sensory, learning, and psychological disabilities. The center's goal is to enable students with disabilities to participate fully in the educational experience at Stanford while meeting the academic standards maintained by the university. Direct support services include notetaking, Brailling, oral or sign language interpretation, stenocaptioning, books on tape or electronic text, examination accommodations, and special housing arrangements. During the academic year, the SDRC runs a golf cart service called DisGo Cart for use by students who have temporary and permanent mobility impairments or who use a wheelchair. To arrange for an on-campus ride call 725-2484 (5-CHUG).

Assistive Learning Technology Center (ALTeC)

ALTeC is the technology arm of the OAE providing resources to make information technology and education more accessible for those with disabilities, including accessible PC and screen reading software, alternative input devices, and non-computer accommodations.

Schwab Learning Center (SLC)

The Schwab Learning Center offers enhanced services for students with learning differences (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), including screening assessments for learning differences, individual learning strategy sessions, and tutoring in various academic disciplines.

Center for Universal Design in Education

The center advances the development of instructional methods, tools, and strategies that are inherently flexible, customizable, and accessible to all students with different backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and disabilities in a variety of learning contexts. Current projects include Proteus, a strategy for integrating existing and future technologies to collect, convert, and distribute academic content in a variety of formats.

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HAAS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

Campus Drive East at Salvatierra Walk
723-0992
http://haas.stanford.edu

Opportunities to get involved in public and community service as a graduate student are many and widespread, but can be hard to find if you are new to the university. The Haas Center for Public Service serves as a focal point for students, faculty, and staff interested in service, and can be a useful first stop in your search for ways to connect service with your graduate study and research while you are at Stanford. Many of the Haas Center's resources, including its staff expertise and information about community-based service and research opportunities, are accessible and relevant to graduate students.

Opportunities also may be found through coordinating offices at the Law School (Public Interest Law Programs), Medical School (Office of Community Health), Business School (Public Management Program), and through the Residence Dean's office for the graduate residences. The Haas Center maintains information on local volunteer opportunities that are open to all students. Check out the Haas Center's comprehensive website, then come by to help find the perfect match with your interests.

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TRESIDDER MEMORIAL UNION

Tresidder Memorial Union is a center of community activity. It offers a variety of gathering spots, as well as a wide range of services for the Stanford community. In-house services include a ticket office for campus and Bay Area events, a full-service copy center, restaurants, a hairstyling shop, convenience and apparel stores, a travel agency, a fitness center, a computer cluster, a campus information center, and banking facilities for the Stanford Credit Union, Wells Fargo Bank, and Bank of America. In the evenings, students can enjoy live entertainment in the Coffee House, located on the first floor.

Tresidder is also home to the Vice Provost for Student Affairs, the Dean of Students, Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU), the Office of Student Activities, and Meeting Services.

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

All faculty, staff, and registered students of the University are entitled to use the University Libraries. Spouses and domestic partners may also use the libraries by obtaining an identification card from the Registrar's Office.

Information about scope of collections, physical facilities, and services (such as general borrowing regulations, reserve books, stack access, interlibrary loans and cooperative borrowing agreements, photocopiers, and assigned study spaces and lockers) is available on the Libraries' website (http://library.stanford.edu). A map of the Libraries with locations and phone numbers is at http://library.stanford.edu/libraries_collections/maps_directions/map_lib_locations.html.

The Libraries' website also provides links to a wealth of print and digital resources (see http://library.stanford.edu/catdb/alldata.html), research help (see http://library.stanford.edu/research_help/index.html) and subject specialists (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/geninfo/subdir.html) who provide research consultation.

Socrates, Stanford's web-based library catalog (http://sucat.stanford.edu/), contains bibliographic citations for materials in Stanford libraries. Some records for electronic journals do not yet appear there, so please also check the e-journals site, which is available by clicking on the E-JOURNALS button on the red tool bar at the top of most Libraries' web pages (http://library.stanford.edu). For more details, see the section on online information resources in "Computing Resources and Support Services" in this Handbook.

For more information on library policies and services, see the Library's Policy section (http://library.stanford.edu/how_to/policies/index.html) or consult the Privileges Desk (privileges@stanford.edu), the General Information Center (infocenter@stanford.edu) in the Cecil H. Green Library, or the public services staff in the branch libraries.

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VADEN STUDENT HEALTH CENTER

866 Campus Drive East (at Cowell Lane)
498-2336 (8-2336)
http://vaden.stanford.edu/

The Vaden Health Center on Campus Drive serves as the focal point for student health services at Stanford. Vaden's mission is to enhance students' efforts to improve all aspects of their health with care, support and education. Most services are free to registered students. Spouses and domestic partners can use most services on a fee basis. Students may choose a clinician or counselor with whom they can work effectively, and may change at any time. Records are confidential and are released only with the student's written authorization, except as required by law.

Vaden is open year-round and has four main units:

• Medical Services
• Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Health Promotion
• Health Insurance.

See further discussion of each of these areas in the section of "Student Life" dealing with Health Concerns.

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THE BRIDGE PEER COUNSELING CENTER

Escondido Village, 128A
723-3392
http://thebridge.stanford.edu/

The Bridge is a group of trained student counselors providing free, confidential, peer counseling services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bridge counselors are there to listen, to help explore feelings or just to talk. Their goal is to help individuals develop their own solutions to problems or uncertainties they are facing. Counselors can also provide references in case of more specialized needs. All services are free and confidential.

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UNIVERSITY OMBUDS OFFICE

Building 310, Room 104
723-3682
ombuds@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ombuds/

The Ombuds' task is to protect the interests and rights of members of the Stanford community from injustices or abuses of discretion, from gross inefficiency, from unnecessary delay and complication in the administration of University rules and regulations, and from inconsistency, unfairness, unresponsiveness, and prejudice in the individual's experience with University activities. The Ombuds Office exists to receive, examine, and channel the complaints and grievances of members of the Stanford community, and to secure expeditious and impartial redress.

Any troublesome matter in the University community may be discussed with the University Ombuds. Communications with the Ombuds Office are confidential, and the services of the office are available to students, staff, and faculty.

Although possessing no decision-making authority, the Ombuds has wide powers of inquiry. The Ombuds will refer matters to the proper person or offices expeditiously and, where appropriate, assist in negotiations. Students in the Medical School can also speak to the Medical School Ombudsperson; see "Services Within Schools" for more details.

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